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Monday, 22 July 2013

Ear Doctor Visits Chintsa, South Africa

Otologist Salem, from Texas State in the US, spent several days visiting the Wild Coast Schools last week. He checked the ears of every child in each school (as well as our co-ordinators and some of the teachers!). The kids were fascinated by the technology that he brought along, if a little scared at first at the thought of it being stuck in their ears!

Salem visited Chintsa East, Bulugha and Silatsha Schools as well as Green Sleeves Home of Safety and the Chintsa East Health Outpost. Check out these awesome pictures caught during his work:

Salem at Chintsa Health Outpost

Tito having his ears examined

Salem and the Grade 7's at Bulugha School

Salem even had time to fit in a few of the teachers! :)

"'ear, 'ear!"

Learning about the inside of the ear at Bulugha

We want to say a great big thank you to Salem for spending his time visiting the students of the Wild Coast and teaching them about their ears whilst giving them an examination - a whole new experience!

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Volunteer Africa 32 Degrees South (VA32) is a volunteer organization based on the Wild Coast of South Africa. Running volunteer programs in education and conservation and hosting international volunteers, we have a lot going on- all the time! We thought a blog would be the perfect place to share these things, to share our thoughts on the industry and to give a little advice to volunteers and travellers from our collective experience! Please feel free to comment on our articles and share your thoughts too.